Howdy,

I've been using DDMsgReader for about a month now - I thought I'd check out why it seems to be so popular. Nice work :)

I've had a few issues along the way, nothing that I can reliably reproduce, so I havent reported anything yet - but when I can I'll let you know.

The two main things I've had are, a random Javascript issue (for a variable being undefined), and when I reply to a message (I think it happens during a scan all to me, and replying to some messages), I sometimes see the same (set of) messages multiple times, as if they were duplicate posts, but its definately the same message(s) displayed more than once when navigating through the list.

Anyway, there are two things I miss, that not sure if it is implemented, or if they is a way of doing it:

* "T" list the next 10 messages, and advance the read pointer.
* "*" list the thread history, so you can jump to a particular message in the past

Any of these possible?


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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Jan 31 2026 09:50 am

I've been using DDMsgReader for about a month now - I thought I'd check out why it seems to be so popular. Nice work :)

Thanks. :)

The two main things I've had are, a random Javascript issue (for a variable being undefined), and when I reply to a message (I think it happens during a scan all to me, and replying to some messages), I sometimes see the same (set of) messages multiple times, as if they were duplicate posts, but its definately the same message(s) displayed more than once when navigating through the list.

When you say "Javascript issue", do you mean it's aborting with a JavaScript error? If so, it would be helpful to share the error you're seeing.

I have seen instances where the same message shows up multiple times in a newscan for messages to me. It doesn't happen every time for me, but I've been wanting to debug that to find a fix.

Anyway, there are two things I miss, that not sure if it is implemented, or if they is a way of doing it:

* "T" list the next 10 messages, and advance the read pointer. * "*" list the thread history, so you can jump to a particular message in the past

Any of these possible?

There isn't a feature to list the next 10 messages, but when you're reading a message, you can press M to show the message list, which lists all messages. I'm unsure how it would work to only list the next 10 (and would you then want to choose one to read?) - But I'm wondering if that would be worthwhile when it already lists all messages in the sub-board you're reading.

Also, there currently isn't a feature to list the thread history, but that's something I've considered adding (just haven't looked into doing it).

Nightfox

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Re: DDMsgReader
By: Nightfox to deon on Fri Jan 30 2026 03:53 pm

Howdy,

When you say "Javascript issue", do you mean it's aborting with a JavaScript error? If so, it would be helpful to share the error you're seeing.

Sure, when I can reliably remember what I did to trigger it I will...

There isn't a feature to list the next 10 messages, but when you're reading a message, you can press M to show the message list, which lists all messages. I'm unsure how it would work to only list the next 10 (and would you then want to choose one to read?) - But I'm wondering if that would be worthwhile when it already lists all messages in the sub-board you're reading.

This "10 messages" part wasnt important - it was the ability to skip through messages, but at the same time see what they were about in case there was something in there that was worth going back to. The "M" does a better job :)


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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Jan 31 2026 01:21 pm

When you say "Javascript issue", do you mean it's aborting with a JavaScript error? If so, it would be helpful to share the error you're seeing.

Sure, when I can reliably remember what I did to trigger it I will...

It might still be there in your data/error.log (or other log) file.
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Re: DDMsgReader
By: Digital Man to deon on Fri Jan 30 2026 07:26 pm

Howdy,

It might still be there in your data/error.log (or other log) file.
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It is:

Fri Jan 30 09:46:10 2026 master/b7d3db6c3 alterant.bbs.dege.au
term Node 1 <deon> !JavaScript ../xtrn/DDMsgReader/DDMsgReader.js line 23810: TypeError: this.msgAreaList_lastImportedMsg_showImportTime is undefined

And looking at the logs I've triggered it a couple of times

But I dont recall what I was doing that triggered it...


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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Jan 31 2026 07:31 pm

Fri Jan 30 09:46:10 2026 master/b7d3db6c3 alterant.bbs.dege.au
term Node 1 <deon> !JavaScript ../xtrn/DDMsgReader/DDMsgReader.js line term Node 1 <deon> 23810:
TypeError: this.msgAreaList_lastImportedMsg_showImportTime is undefined

I've pushed an update to DDMsgReader that should fix this issue and made a merge request for the Synchronet Git repository - so look for when it's updated and you can pull it then.

Thanks for reporting this issue.

Nightfox

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Hey Nightfox,

I've noticed an issue that took me a while to know what was triggering it.

The issue is, sometimes I go to a message area, and the reader has me starting to read old messages, not from my last read pointer.

I've noticed that when:
* I go to a message area and read (and lets say that message area only has 26 messages in it)
* I read all the messages, so now I'm on message 26
* I press the right arrow - no more messages so I'm prompted to go to the next area
* I choose yes, if the next area has > 26 message (eg: 500), and I've already read up to 490, DDMsgReader will start me off on message 26, not 490.


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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Feb 21 2026 10:41 am

I've noticed an issue that took me a while to know what was triggering it.

The issue is, sometimes I go to a message area, and the reader has me starting to read old messages, not from my last read pointer.

It's something I've noticed sometimes, but it's not consistent, so the issue has been a bit difficult to debug & track down.

Nightfox

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Re: DDMsgReader
By: Nightfox to deon on Fri Feb 20 2026 05:08 pm

Howdy,

It's something I've noticed sometimes, but it's not consistent, so the issue has been a bit difficult to debug & track down.

So I can consistenly do it.

I head to Sync Announcements - I have 6 messages, read the 6th message and press right. It takes me to Sync Discussion which has 2141 messages, and it starts me off at message 6.

If I quit out and read, it then takes me to the last read pointer 2134.


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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Feb 21 2026 10:41 am

I've noticed an issue that took me a while to know what was triggering it.

The issue is, sometimes I go to a message area, and the reader has me starting to read old messages, not from my last read pointer.

It's something I've noticed sometimes, but it's not consistent, so the issue has been a bit difficult to debug & track down.

I don't know if this is any help or not, but I have noticed that if I
add an area to my system this bug is likely to show up causing area
pointers to get messed up.



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Re: DDMsgReader
By: deon to Nightfox on Sat Feb 21 2026 05:12 pm

It's something I've noticed sometimes, but it's not consistent, so the
issue has been a bit difficult to debug & track down.

So I can consistenly do it.

I head to Sync Announcements - I have 6 messages, read the 6th message and press right. It takes me to Sync Discussion which has 2141 messages, and it starts me off at message 6.

If I quit out and read, it then takes me to the last read pointer 2134.

It doesn't do that consistently for me with that message area.

Nightfox

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